Country Hills, Calgary is located north of the communities of Beddington and Sandstone Valley, east and south of Country Hills Boulevard. The neighbourhood is not only close to the airport and to the major highway, The Queen Elizabeth #2, to the north. Country Hills Boulevard gives it fast access to the Trans-Canada Highway to Banff. Construction in Country Hills began in the early 1990s and a semi-private golf course was created along the West Nose Creek Valley.
Schools
Public school students in the north portion are bused to Collingwood Elementary, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Junior High on 32nd Street S.E. and James Fowler High in NW Highland Park.
Public school pupils in the south part are bussed to Buchanan Elementary in NW Highland Park, Colonel Irvine Junior High on Northmount Drive N.W., and Queen Elizabeth High in Hillhurst.
Separate School students attend St. Margaret Elementary/Junior High in Collingwood, and St. Francis High on Northmount Drive N.W.
To be sure of which schools are designated for your new address, visit the Calgary Board of Education web site or the Calgary Catholic School District for up-to-date information.
Shopping
 There are quite a few opportunities for shopping in and near Country Hills. Country Hills Town Centre, on the north side of Country Hills Boulevard has a multitude of stores, complete with Silver City, a multi-theatre movie complex. There is also a community strip mall just off of Country Hills Boulevard, in addition to established shopping is nearby at Beddington Town Centre and other stores in Calgary Co-op building. Deerfoot Mall is a few minutes south and across Deerfoot Trail.
Recreation
There is a one-acre tot lot with playground equipment and a toboggan hill in the community. The 800 acre Nose Hill Park is about 2 kilometres away.
Country Hills Golf Course is a semi-private/private 36 hole facility located in Calgary, AB. Country Hills Golf Club is a private 36 hole golf course facility, set in the spectacular hillside of Sandstone Valley, in Calgary, Alberta.
Country Hills is only a minute away from the nearly 200,000-sq.-ft. Cardel Place, which boasts a fitness centre, multi-component aquatic facility, three gymnasiums, two NHL-sized arenas, community library, community meeting rooms and offices, pro shop, medicine clinic, child-care services and food service facilities.
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